Tutorial - How To Install Themes for Vita & PSTV

Preface: This tutorial will show you how to install themes as well as dump/transfer files from your memory card.

Step 1: Write an email to the email account associated with your vita. within the body of the email write:

Now, make sure that this is a link rather than normal text.

Note: If you can't get this to work, try another email account (the one you're writing from).

Step 2: Once you open the email on your vita, click or touch the link to open up a new email with the app.db as an attachment. write this one to an email linked to your computer.

Step 3: Open the email, grab the attachment and place it on your desktop

Step 4: Grab the theme you want and place that on your desktop as well

Step 5: Create a folder on your ps vita with the name THEMES. this can be anywhere on the memory stick, 'cause the theme location will be inside the app.db. you can create folders either with vita ftp or psp filer btw.

Step 6: Place the theme folder within the THEMES folder on your vita.

Step 7: Open ps vita db theme installer, click on your app.db, and click on the theme's xml to get all the correction information. for main folder path, write down the path to the theme's folder on your ps vita. make sure you include the entire path as well.

Step 8: Send the app.db to your ps vita with the file being named #0 and the subject line reading:

Step 9: Open the email on your vita, click on the camera icon (don't push ok), and exit out of the email app with the home button.

Step 10: Reset your vita.

Step 11: Go into the themes' section of the settings section to apply your theme.

You're done!